We're told Pentecostal churches like Hillsong are growing in Australia, but they're not anymore – is there a gender problem?

  • Written by: Rosie Clare Shorter, PhD candidate, Religion and Society Research Cluster, Western Sydney University
We're told Pentecostal churches like Hillsong are growing in Australia, but they're not anymore – is there a gender problem?Andres Kudacki/AP

The conventional narrative about Australian Christianity is that Pentecostal churches – most famously, Hillsong – are bucking the trend of declining attendance at the big denominations (such as Catholic and Anglican churches). That in fact, Pentecostal churches continue to grow.

This narrative is based on the steady...

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